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Asam Shan
Senior Frontend Engineer (Web3 Product)
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Frontend-focused engineer shipping production web3 products across bridging, governance, and analytics. I build clear UX for complex onchain workflows and improve release quality through CI/CD checks, e2e coverage, runbooks, and observability.
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Core Strengths
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React
Next.js
GraphQL
REST APIs
Redux/TanStack Query
EVM integrations (Viem/Wagmi)
Frontend architecture
CI/CD collaboration
e2e/integration testing
Datadog
Docs/runbooks
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Community & Mentorship
────────────────────────────────────────→Mentor engineers through Coding Coach and The Mentoring Club, focused on technical growth and career progression.
→Started Tech-Leap, a newsletter for developers navigating their early years in tech.
→Write at shan8851.com on frontend architecture, engineering culture, and practical team workflows.
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Experience
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Senior Full Stack Engineer (Applications)
- ▹Took Agglayer UI from 0→1 as a near-sole engineer shortly after joining, shipping a production bridge experience across Polygon ecosystem apps/dapps.
- ▹Built and evolved Agglayer Dev UI (open source), a configurable bridge starter used internally and by new Agglayer chains to launch native bridging faster.
- ▹Integrated routing capabilities, including LI.FI and multihop support, to improve route flexibility and execution outcomes.
- ▹Strengthened release confidence by implementing e2e/integration test flows with funded testnet wallets, validating real onchain actions plus backend integrations.
- ▹Partnered on CI/CD and deployment workflow improvements (including Argo/Kargo release paths), moving critical checks earlier in the pipeline.
- ▹Added Datadog monitoring plus deployment/debug runbooks to reduce tribal knowledge and improve cross-team delivery consistency.
Aragon
Senior Software Engineer
- ▹Shipped modular governance UX flows, including token wrapping and delegation, for production DAO applications.
- ▹Built composable frontend patterns that reduced integration overhead and improved delivery speed.
- ▹Partnered with protocol/backend teams to turn complex governance logic into intuitive user-facing flows.
- ▹Contributed to open-source governance tooling, including Governance UI Kit and app template initiatives.
Cielo Finance
Senior Software Engineer
- ▹Helped evolve Cielo from bot-first tooling into a broader wallet discovery and analytics platform.
- ▹Supported scaling across 16+ EVM chains with faster chain-integration workflows.
- ▹Delivered user-facing analytics and integrations used by active web3 communities.
- ▹During tenure, contributed to growth to 10k+ MAU and significant engagement uplift.
Earlier Roles
Co-Founder & CTO, Let's Eat2021–2022
Software Engineer, Library of Things2021
Software Engineer, North Link Digital2019–2021
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Selected Public Work
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